In Today’s Issue

In the Headlines: Bell on Online Search Skills, Lawrence on Breastfeeding

News and Announcements

Study Holds Promise for New Way to Fight Aids
In a study published Wednesday in The Journal of Biological Chemistry, a team of Medical Center researchers provide the first look at the structure of an enzyme that seems to help some HIV-infected patients naturally defeat a virus that otherwise overwhelms the immune system.

A Seat at Your Table?The Rochester International Council is looking for volunteers to host international University students in their homes for Thanksgiving. For more information, e-mail jw@rifc.org or call 275-8779.

Sports Buzz

Saturday marks Senior Day at home for members of the Class of 2007 in three sports:>

Football: The Yellowjackets close their home season against RPI at noon. If the Yellowjackets win, they go to Hobart November 11 with a chance to earn a postseason bid.

Women’s Soccer: The Yellowjackets are vying for an at-large bid to the NCAA Division III playoffs. Currently ranked 7th in the coaches’ poll, the women close out the regular season vs. Case Western Reserve at 5 p.m.

Men’s Soccer: The men have an outside shot at the NCAA Division III tournament but have to win against 15th-ranked Case Western Reserve at 7:30 p.m.

Rochester in the News

Library Journal (November 1)Under the Online Hood
Suzanne Bell, an economics and data librarian in the Rush Rhees Library Reference Department, talks about her book, The Librarian’s Guide to Online Searching, in a story on resources to help students and others learn how to search for information stored online in a variety of systems. “Even though students are often expert end users, they don’t know about the underpinnings or any ‘higher functions’ in terms of searching,” Bell says.

Democrat and Chronicle (November 1)
Local Incumbents Greatly Outspending Challengers
David Primo, assistant professor of political science, talks about the disparity between incumbents seeking re-election and challengers in a story on state campaign financing. “It’s very difficult for a candidate who is not self-financed to raise enough money and get their name out there and have a chance of winning,” Primo says.

In Higher Education

Newsweek (November 6 issue)Extreme Makeovers
“Not long ago, women’s colleges like Mary Baldwin seemed destined for extinction. . . . But in order to survive in a coed world, schools like Mary Baldwin, Sweet Briar College and Hollins University have had to reinvent themselves.”